Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 01 Jan 2015
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking for an experienced NGO Safety Adviser to gather, analyse and share safety and security information among the NGOs working in Bentiu POC and surrounding area, Unity State.
Who are we?
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is providing assistance to conflict affected populations, through our presence and operations in most major humanitarian emergencies. In support of our objective to continue delivering high quality assistance, DRC is offering the opportunity for motivated, experienced and dedicated professionals, to join one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs.
Since the outbreak of violence in South Sudan in December 2013, fighting has continued despite several attempts at a peace agreement. Currently 1,4 million people have been displaced from their homes and tens of thousands killed. 95,000 civilians are currently seeking refuge inside UNMISS bases across the country. DRC has been working, since the start of the crisis, providing camp management, protection and shelter/NFI interventions in three locations, Bentiu in Unity State, Malakal and Melut in Upper Nile states.
About the job
In order to ensure safety of NGO staff working in Bentiu Protection of Civilians site and to better understand risks to operation outside the site, DRC under the auspices of its role as camp manager of Bentiu POC, is looking to recruit an NGO Safety Advisor who will provide accurate, analysed information to the NGO community working in Bentiu to inform their programming and risk management. In addition as humanitarian partners strive to access populations and work outside the POC site the Safety Advisor will work to provide information on risk analysis and dynamics in Rubkhona county and neighbouring counties as access permits.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key tasks and responsibilities:
Coordination
- Hold regular meetings with humanitarian safety and security focal points.
- Represent NGOs as security focal point in the Bentiu Area Security Management Team, provide meeting notes and brief NGO representatives
- Coordinate activities inside and outside the POC related to safety and security with relevant parts of UNMISS (UNPOL, FPU, Force, etc.), UNDSS, e.g. define and organize convoys procedures with and without UNMISS force protection
- Develop, maintain and dispatch list of key contact and personnel involved in POC safety and security management. Act as a liaison between humanitarian partners and those security agencies/personnel.
Analysis and contingency planning
- Build network of information sources which allow the gathering of reliable data and information to create incident data base
- Perform safety and security assessment (SRA, TRA) and provide with field reports including access recommendations
- Provide with weekly report and regular advisories to humanitarian partners on operational safety within and outside POC (including basic analysis based on incident report)
- Develop safety and security contingency plan for NGO staff in humanitarian hub (fire safety, safe haven, other as required.) and participate in developing safety messaging (including humanitarian principles and conditions of assistance, etc.)
- Support development of contingency plans for POC
- Provide general support and capacity building to humanitarian partners about security and safety management (radio com, contingency plan, defining threat level, etc.).
The Safety Adviser also serves as DRC safety focal point with following responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with DRC policy and security guidelines (local SOP, etc.)
- Regular review and update DRC safety and security guidelines
- Monitoring DRC stock and minimum assets in site (food and water stock, radio and com asset, first aid and trauma kits, etc.)
- Support the team leader in crisis management situation and liaising with Juba emergency team.
About you
To be successful in this role you must have:
Mandatory qualifications:
- Degree in developmental and/or political and/or conflict studies (or equivalent work experience)
- Minimum 4 years as security/safety manager/adviser for an INGO in a conflict zone or equivalent (safety and security focal point)
- Proven experience in context/security analysis and advising humanitarian personnel (creation of data base and analytical tools)
- Experience of developing and updating SOPs, contingency plans and other risk assessment and management documents
- Proven experience in country with UN integrated and peacekeeping mission and CIVMIL relations
- Proven experience and capacity in preparing security reports for senior UN and INGO managers
- Proven experience in crisis management
- Experience of conducting safety training and capacity building
- Speak fluent English.
Preferable qualifications:
- Arabic language skills
- First aid/medical qualification
- Knowledge and work experience in South Sudan.
We offer
DRC will offer the successful applicant a three month contract renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work immediately and be willing to live in basic accommodation. The position is at A11 in DRC’s salary scale. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk/vacancies.
Need further information?
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.dk
How to apply:
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All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. CV only applications will not be considered.If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk
Applications close January 1st, 2015.Please note, as this position is urgent, applicants may be shortlisted and interviewed prior to the closing dateInterested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.dk and find Current Vacancies.